Distribution of Hermann’s tortoise across Serbia with implications for conservation

Golubović, A.; Tomović, Ljiljana; Nikolić, M.; Nikolic, Slobodan; Anđelković, Marko; Arsovski, Dragan; Iković, Vuk; Gvozdenović, Slađana; Popović, Miloš

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“…Despite some limitations of citizen science, e.g., observer and sampling biases [18][19][20], this approach has gained popularity and momentum in many western countries [21], including assessment of pollinator status and pollination services [22]. However, citizen science is a rather unexploited approach within Southeast Europe [23][24][25], still novel for investigating regional biodiversity. Noteworthy, the region of Southeast Europe has documented several introductions of alien taxa [26,27].…”

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Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

Dubaić¹,

Lanner²,

Rohrbach³

et al. 2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Citizen science, a practice of public participation in scientific projects, is popular in Western countries, however, it is still a relatively novel approach in Southeast Europe. In this region, citizen science can be a useful tool for increasing the understanding of alien species. One such species is the sculptured resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis, a putatively invasive alien pollinator native to East Asia. It was introduced to France in 2008, from where it quickly spread across West and Central Europe. However, our knowledge of its eastern distribution is scarce since it is based mostly on isolated findings. We combined citizen science and data extraction from online sources (e.g., naturalist’s databases and social media) covering 6 years, and 3 years of targeted floral resource monitoring in the search for M. sculpturalis across regions of southeastern Europe. We collected presence data and information on M. sculpturalis abundances across an urban-rural gradient from eight countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, and the region of the Crimean Peninsula. We present the first country records for Romania, Bulgaria, and Montenegro, identify the dynamic expansion front in southern Serbia and provide new southernmost occurrences in Southeast Europe. We also collected data on species ecology (e.g., phenology, pollen/nectar sources, nest characteristics) and gathered evidence of reproducing populations of this species across the studied region. Citizen science data provided a five times larger spatial coverage, including recordings from remote locations, than the data collected by expert field surveys and provided critical additional data about the species biology, thanks to exceptionally engaged participants. We emphasize the importance of close collaboration between regional scientist teams and citizen participants and the benefits of this approach for monitoring a species with a continent-wide spread potential.

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Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

Dubaić¹,

Lanner²,

Rohrbach³

et al. 2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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“…(Urošević et al 2022a), Rana spp. (Urošević et al 2018), Emys orbicularis (Krizmanić et al 2015, Golubović et al 2017, Testudo graeca (Tomović et al 2019a), Testudo hermanni (Ljubisavljević et al 2014, Golubović et al 2019, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Ljubisavljević et al 2015), Anguis fragilis complex (Urošević et al 2020), Lacertidae (Urošević et al 2015), Colubridae (Tomović et al 2015b) and Viperidae (Tomović et al 2019b). However, data concerning the precise distribution of common and generally widespread amphibian species (e.g.…”

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Contribution to knowledge of batracho-and herpetofauna of southern and south-eastern Serbia

Tomović,

Vučić,

Anđelković

et al. 2022

Bull Natural History Museum

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We present the updated distribution of batracho-and herpetofauna in southern and south-eastern Serbia, based on literature and new field records for 16 amphibian and 22 reptile species. In these two biogeographic regions, already recognized as biodiversity hotspots, we discovered two new amphibian species with limited distribution: Hyla orientalis and Pelobates balcanicus. Also, one species (Triturus ivanbureshi) has restricted distribution, while one (Bombina bombina) is rare. Four reptile species have limited distributions and six are rare in these regions. The presence of hybrid zones and the influence of the Mediterranean climate make southern and south-eastern Serbia areas of great importance and the target for future ecological and conservation studies in Serbia.

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Biologer: an open platform for collecting biodiversity data

Popović

Vasić

Koren³

et al. 2020

BDJ

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We have developed a new platform named "Biologer" intended for recording species observations in the field (but also from literature resources and collections). The platform is created as user-friendly, open source, multilingual software that is compatible with Darwin Core standard and accompanied by a simple Android application. It is made from the user’s perspective, allowing everyone to choose how they share the data. Project team members are delegated by involved organisations. The team is responsible for development of the platform, while local Biologer communities are engaged in data collection and verification. Biologer has been online and available for use in Serbia since 2018 and was soon adopted in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In total, we have assembled 536 users, who have collected 163,843 species observation records data from the field and digitalised 33,458 literature records. The number of active users and their records is growing daily. Out of the total number of gathered data, 89% has been made open access by the users, 10% is accessible on the scale of 10×10 km and only 1% is closed. In the future, we plan to provide a taxonomic data portal that could be used by local and national initiatives in Eastern Europe, aggregate all data into a single web location, create detailed data overview and enable fluent communication between users.

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Distribution of Hermann’s tortoise across Serbia with implications for conservation

Cited by 5 publications

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Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

Contribution to knowledge of batracho-and herpetofauna of southern and south-eastern Serbia

Biologer: an open platform for collecting biodiversity data

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